Improvement in gates



that@ %iti5 @anni @time K Letters Patent No. 111,190, dated January 24,1871.

vIMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and of the same.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, WILLARD GREEN FRANKLIN, of Shelbina, in the countyof Shelby and State of Missouri,havei`nvented a new and usefulImprovement in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following' is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled iu the artto make and 'use the same, reference being had to theaccomstructions, and which shall be simple in construction andinexpensive in manufacture; and

It consists in the construction and combination. of the various parts ofthe gate, as Vhereinafter more fully described. p

A is the front post, against which the gate B shuts in the ordinarymanner.

B is the gate, the top rail b1 of which is extended to the rearward, andhas a weight-box, C, attached to it. `D is the rear gate-post, to thetop of which is attached or upon it is formed a pivot, d', which entersa hole or socket in the top rail b1 of the gate B, near the rearvertical rail or bar b2 of said gate, so that the gate, when closed, maybe in proper position with respect to the posts A and D.

To the rear part of the gate B is attached abrace, h3, the rear end ofwhich projects and is rounded oli', or has a pivot, b, formed upon it,which enters a step or socket, E. v e

The. step E may be secured at the base of the post D, or to said postabove its base, as may be desired or convenient.

The pivot b4 is arranged, iu the rear of the vertical line, through `thepivot d', as shown in the igure, so that the forward end of the gate mayrise, as the gate is swung open, to pass over obstructions that mightotherwise interfere with its operation. This construction requires theupper part oi' the socket or hole, in which the pivot (l works, to beenlarged, so that the said pivot may not interfere with the rise of theforward eud'of the gate as it is swung op'en.

Having thus described myinventiou, l

I claim as new and desire to secure by ALetters PatentvThe combinationof the rearwardly-extended rail b, weight C, pivot d', brace b, andpivot by with the gate B and post D, said parts being constructed andoperating substantially as herein shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

-WILLARD GREEN FRANKLIN.

Witnesses:

WM. A. REID, C. MINLER.

